V. I. Lenin

Telegram To Stalin And
      Dzerzhinsky[1]

Sent:14 January, 1919First Published:1934 Published according to
      the manuscriptSource:Lenin’sCollected Works, 4th English Edition, Progress Publishers, Moscow, 1972 Volume 28, page 390Translated:Clemens Dutt; Edited by Robert  DaglishTranscription/HTML Markup:David Walters & Robert 	CymbalaOnline Version:V. 	I.	Lenin 	Internet ArchiveMay, 2002

Glazov, for Stalin and Dzerzhinsky

Received and read first code message. Request both
    of you personally to see to execution of intended measures on
    spot, otherwise no guarantee of success.

[1]On January 1, 1919, in view of the critical situation at Perm, the
    Central Committee of the Party and the Council of Defence set up a
    special commission to investigate the causes that had led to the
    town's surrender, and to restore the situation at the front
    defended by the Third Army. The commission was made up of
    Dzerzhinsky and Stalin, members of the C.C. of the Party.

Lenin sent the telegram in reply to “The
      Preliminary Report on the Progress of Investigation into the
      Causes of Surrender of Perm”, which was compiled by
      Dzerzhinsky and Stalin and gave account of measures taken by the
      commission to redress the
      situation. The measures adopted by the Central Committee of
      the Party and the Council of Defence bolstered up the left flank
      of the Eastern Front, defended by the Third Army. In the latter
      half of January 1919 the Third Army units launched an offensive
      on some sectors of the front. By February 1919 the Third Army
      had fully recovered its fighting efficiency and took part in the
      general offensive of troops on the Eastern Front.